#BD8878#BD8878

#BD8878 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.070 H 37.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8878
RGB	rgb(189, 136, 120)
HSL	hsl(14, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(14, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28%, 36.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.47, 18.15, 16.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.47, 24.61, 42.49°)
OKLab	oklab(67.47% 0.0553 0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(67.47% 0.07 37.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1817, 29.7853, 21.7671)
Luminance	0.2978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8878 #78ADBD

analogous

#BD788A #BD8878 #BDAA78

triadic

#BD8878 #78BD88 #8878BD

tetradic

#BD8878 #8ABD78 #78ADBD #AA78BD

square

#BD8878 #8ABD78 #78ADBD #AA78BD

split-complementary

#BD8878 #78BDAA #788ABD

monochromatic

#7D4C3D #A66551 #BD8878 #D1ACA1 #E5D0CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BD8878 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#BD8878 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8878

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8878	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8878	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948E77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98084

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8878;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 136, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.070 37.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ab9f',
    500: '#bd8878',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8878;
$custom-light: #d2ab9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8878",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.913,
    "s": 34.328,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67468,
    "c": 0.06963,
    "h": 37.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8878

secondary

#BBCFD6

accent

#92AD38

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8878

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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